WillWatkinson published Knife wielding man chases teenagers with a knife through Essex...

A man with a knife chased a group of teenagers through a train leaving Liverpool Street last month. British Transport Police (BTP) officers want to speak to the man (pictured above) after a group of teenagers were threatened with a large knife.It happened on a Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria train as it travelled between Wickford and Hockley at 1.50am on Saturday, 15 August. PC Lauren Newling said: "A man on the train got involved in an altercation with a group of teenage boys. A...

Garden Bridge planting team begins tree selection process

This week the Garden Bridge planting team visited nurseries in the UK and northern Europe to select some of the plants and trees planned to feature on the bridge.

libbymcbride1 published Conservative councillors in Essex reject proposed pay increases

Proposed pay increases suggested by the Independent Remuneration Panel for Essex County Council have been rejected by Conservatives at County Hall.The report will be debated at the full council meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, October 13) where Conservative councillors will amend the report to ensure there is no additional burden on the Essex taxpayer. The leader, deputy leader and cabinet members will not take any pay increase and having taken a pay cut of 3% at the start of this council in 2013...

Frequent gaming 'linked to worse GCSEs'

Children who play video games twice a day are less likely to achieve five good GCSE grades, a study suggests.

Maldon Chronicle published 'We are not closing' says Maldon's Blue Boar Hotel owner before...

THE owner of a popular Maldon pub and hotel has quashed rumours of closure, despite announcing a sale of more than 600 items from the hotel's weird and wonderful antiques collection.Fears had been raised that the Blue Boar, which recently underwent renovation work, would be shutting with the mass auction, but owner John Wilsdon has reassured concerned townspeople.Mr Wilsdon instead claimed the auction is simply a way of thinning out the hotel's extravagant collection of items."I'm just...

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Braintree Chronicle published Two abandoned Essex RSPCA kittens re-homed after Chronicle...

KITTENS found abandoned by Mid Essex RSPCA have all been given new homes since they were featured in the Chronicle.The kittens were adopted soon after the article came out, and one woman – who took in two of them – said it was one of the best decisions she had ever made.Holly Lockwood-Waduge, of Churchill Rise, Springfield, said: "My husband and I were thinking of getting a cat as our ten-month-old daughter Elyia loves them, so we felt we had space for a cat in the...